Cultivation: Fortune by Lots-Chapter 451 - 243. This trip shuts the door on the dog! (Two-in-one Chapter)_3
Fang Huansheng gazed in the direction of Jiangzhou and, after a long pause, said, "Sixth Brother, I must trouble you to make a trip to Jiangzhou."
The middle-aged scholar at his side was Sixth Master Fang Du of the Fang Clan of Jingxiang. Like Fang Jingsheng and Fang Huansheng, he was also a Great Scholar of the Eighth Heavenly Layer, one of the core high-ranking members of the Fang Clan of Jingxiang.
Although the chaos in the Western Regions was not as bleak as that faced by the Xiao Clan from outside Long, the Fang Clan of Jingxiang had also genuinely suffered. As a result, they had kept a relatively low profile to recuperate in recent years.
Now that Clan Chief Fang Jingsheng was in seclusion and not emerging, Jingxiang also faced the Mount Shu Sect’s movements. With Fang Du now heading east downriver, Jingxiang found itself severely short-handed.
Upon hearing Fang Huansheng’s words, Fang Du did not object but simply asked, "What of Suzhou?"
Fang Huansheng said, "Brother Youliang will also set off for Jiangzhou."
Chu Peng, also known as Chu Youliang, was not a direct descendant of Elder Chu. However, he was among the top experts of the Chu Clan’s younger generation and a well-learned Great Scholar, often spoken of in the same breath as Chu Zhe.
"Xu Yuanzhen’s breakthrough to the Ninth Heavenly Layer is one reason," Fang Huansheng continued. "Another is that the foreign land where she was previously located might have significant problems. The Jiangzhou Lin Clan must overcome this trial."
Fang Du nodded. "I understand, Elder Brother. Rest assured, I will depart immediately."
Fang Huansheng said, "Be careful on the road, and beware of reinforcements from Dragon Tiger Mountain."
Fang Du replied, "I understand. Dragon Tiger Mountain’s forces are also stretched thin. If they truly spare personnel to intervene, Jiangzhou would indeed be completely without worry."
As long as the Jiangzhou Lin Clan could withstand the initial period, they would receive the support of two Eighth Heavenly Layer experts, Fang Du and Chu Peng. By utilizing their ancestral land and the Dragon Serpent Pen, they would be strong enough to hold Jiangzhou, even if a Ninth Heavenly Layer powerhouse attacked.
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"My elder martial sister is also making a move."
Tang Xiaotang’s eyes shone. "The timing is perfect! Let’s begin together!"
In one hand, she held the Celestial Master’s Sword; in the other, something new suddenly appeared.
It was merely a spearhead, lacking a shaft, only its sharp point remaining.
It was one of the three "Barbarian Spearheads" that Xu Yuanzhen had brought from that foreign land.
Tang Xiaotang chuckled gleefully. From a certain angle, her smile at this moment bore a striking resemblance to Xu Yuanzhen’s.
Equally filled with malice.
At her urging, the spearhead suddenly pulsed with a dim, obscure light.
A desolate, tyrannical, yet barbaric and iron-blooded aura surged forth.
Then, it fell from the sky, plummeting directly above the Lin Clan Ancestral Land.
In that instant, it was as if countless phantoms flickered and merged, coalescing into an indomitable, sharp point. It was as if innumerable Martial Tao experts had struck simultaneously!
Though wild and tyrannical, it was a united force, like an iron-blooded army surging forward with overwhelming power, as if to trample Jiangzhou flat!
The seemingly insubstantial Martial Tao True Meaning coalesced. At this moment, it appeared exceptionally eerie. Its overpowering force caused limited destruction to other existences but wrought a devastation akin to a natural disaster upon the Tao of Confucian Studies, proving especially terrifying.
Indeed, it possessed an exceptionally destructive power, especially against Confucian family residences and ancestral halls—structures that, through the long accumulation of time, should have been exceedingly robust and firm!
Iron cavalry trampled, and blood and fire brought slaughter, advancing with seemingly irresistible force. They broke through the mountains and rivers of Jiangzhou, which at that moment glittered with an interwoven dark-gold radiance.
The ink-black Grand River reverted to its original state and continued its course.
The golden Kuanglu Mountains shed their Golden Glow, their scenery returning to normal.
The Lin Clan Ancestral Land, once like an independent world, lost its magical qualities at this moment and returned to the Mortal World.
Moreover, wherever the iron cavalry passed, it was as if terrifying storms and earthquakes descended simultaneously.
The outer fortifications of the Lin Clan Ancestral Land collapsed in unison. Soil and stones flew as vast expanses of buildings and pavilions, like withered grass, crumbled and scattered.
A foundation built over nearly ten thousand years, a prominent noble family that dominated the South, was reduced to rubble in this instant, almost completely annihilated.
Lin Che himself had been injured by the turbulence of that foreign land. Aware of its anomalies, he had been paying close attention to it.
However, at that time, due to the disordered Spiritual Energy, the wild and tyrannical Martial Arts Realm and the dilapidated Confucian Sect ruins were deeply concealed and restrained. Therefore, no matter how much Lin Che might have overestimated it, he could not have anticipated its true horror.
And now, this "Barbarian Spearhead" had been further improved and refined by Xu Yuanzhen, concentrated specifically to destroy the ancestral lands of noble families!
Objectively speaking, the Great Tang’s Confucian Studies inheritance, when facing this wild Martial Tao True Meaning, was not suppressed to the same extent as the Confucian inheritance in that dilapidated world.
However, caught unawares and having lost the initiative, once their ancestral land was breached, the rest were all affected.
From Clan Chief Lin Che down, including Lin Chou, Lin Lang, and all other Lin Clan Upper Three Heavens Great Scholars, their vital essence, qi, and spirit were all interconnected with the Jiangzhou ancestral land.
With the ancestral land breached, everyone suffered a violent shock to their minds and spirits!
The three Elders, who had only recently come out of seclusion, grew dizzy. Their vision blackened as they saw stars, and their heads throbbed with sharp, stabbing pains.
...The Cultural Pulse?! Lin Che ignored everyone else, his gaze fixed first on his clan’s ancestral hall.
Above the ancestral hall in the center of the city, a line of precious Wenhua light flickered like a candle in the wind. It struggled momentarily but was extinguished in an instant, completely severed.
Below the Lin Clan Ancestral Land, the ground seemed to pulse once, and the lingering Wenhua Qi rapidly dissipated.
"Vile wretch!!" Lin Che, who normally showed neither joy nor anger, erupted in fury at this moment.
However, before he could curse aloud, a vast purple radiance, like a fusion of sword light and lightning, rolled down, sweeping over all Lin Clan members amidst the ruins.
This time, Tang Xiaotang activated the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder, spreading its force rather than concentrating it.
The Lin Clan’s Upper Three Heavens Cultivators, their foundations shaken by the breach of the ancestral land, experienced turmoil in body and mind. Their Wenhua Vast Integrity Qi could not be roused for a time, and facing the rolling Purple Thunder, all of them suffered.
Only Lin Che and Lin Chou, both at the Eighth Heavenly Layer, were in a relatively better state. Lin Che, with the Dragon Serpent Pen in hand, even managed to protect two kinsmen near him.
